Not so. Well, technically, your right. If we must talk in absolute terms, then no country has ever succeeded because there has always been some corruption and there always will be.
However, if you look at the record of capitalism in developing countries. Its clear that the goal is to make as much money as is possible with little to no care for the inhabitants of those countries. If by chance they benefit. Thats fine but essentially irrelevant. Then you have to look at the records of all dictators and if you look closely, some countries that had dictators for long long times are currently just as successfull than many of their neighbors. You would think from your statments that they would have a hopeless disadvantage but it doesnt appear so. Look here at the literacy rates of these geographic areas central america : http://www.gapyeardirectory.co.uk/centralamerica.aspx and here south america : http://www.gapyeardirectory.co.uk/centralamerica.aspx. Can you spot the countries that have had dictators? They are the ones with the highest rates of literacy. So, you just cant absolutely say that countries with socialist tendencies are incapable of redistributing their wealth in favor of their populations. In fact you can probably say that the bastion of capitalism is in fact redistributing the wealth to its richest component faster than any other country out there. DRE On 4/25/06, G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Not only is that a big "if", history has shown it to be an impossible > "if". > > > > Sure it does if the govt entities distribute it properly. > > > > DRE > > > > On 4/25/06, G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> You're right, but you don't solve corruption with Socialism. Shifting > the > >> corruption and obscene profit taking from private companies to > government > >> entities, doesn't really solve the problem. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:205421 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
